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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
WEAVING THE NET FOUND SHARP

Sharp's counsel are making stubborn fight
and resisting inch by inch the attack of the
prosecutions forces The battle seems TO be a
losing orc so far as the defence are concerned.
MIXERS testimony furnished an important link
in the chain Of evidence. and further proof
was brought forward Thursday Of the abund-
ance of bills of large denominations among the
Aldermen in the "boodle' year. These bills
those which De Lacy gave to Miller and those
which McQuade, Kenney and others arc shown
10 have handled-came from somewhere. The
question is, can they be traced to Sharp I
Evidence in such case is almost necessarily
circumstantial. Sharps reputation, his long
fight for Broadway, the fact that he moro than
any one else proited by the franchise-these
are circumstances that no intelligent juror can
overlook. A victory was won by the District
Attorney on the question Of using Sharp's tes-
timony before the Senate Committee, whore if
his counsel are to be believed, he was aD Hitter
ate man, ignorant Of his rights, at the mercy
of keen lawyers Have they forgotten his fire.
quent and convenient lapses OF memory
The surprise in the case yesterday was tho
appearance on tho witness-stand Of another
member Of tho "boodle" Board of Aldermen.
James Pearson. What he did not tel was
moro significant. however. than what
he did. His testimony was that on
Tho day before the franchise was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

expressions Of opinion that Prohibition is not
regarded as an indubitablc success by thinking
citizens of Maine. Nay, mole, it is plain that
many of them hold it to be demonstrated
failure, and there is an apparent disposition
in some quarters to try Local Option and High
License as preferable to law which cannot be
enforced and which engenders many abuses
and evils. "Thc Voice is doing good work in
bringing the facts of Maine Prohibition to
light. They show that the fundamental ton
cts of is party have not yet been established,
though they have been on trial for thirty years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

) FoREIGN-Lord Harrington on Home Rule
f. The Genesta nearly two days ahead
IN the Jubilee yacht race. - Signor
Del Puente's escape from Colonel Maple
son. - The drink evil in France.
- Senanus wins the Sudbury Stakes. -
Political and social affairs in Mexico. g Insan-
ity of Baron de Selliere. - The Pope's CON-
days of grace. - Monkeys doing the work of
men in Brazil. - A new disease as deadly as
cholera.
DOMEsTIc.-Bishop Ryan and Dr. McGlynn
critcisng each other in Buffalo Dr. McGlynn re-
iterating his censure of the Papacy. - Class
Day at Harvard. - The failure Of the fir of
Whitley Fassler & Kelly in Springfield due to ad-
vances made to E. L. Harper. - Another failure
in Cincinnati. - Yale's eight-oared crew beat
the Pennsylvania crew in four-mile straight
away race at New-LondOn. - Senator Sherman
in Ohio. - Democrats proving around the
National Capital looking for spoils - Union
Pacific investigation at Omaha - The De
Forest prize awarded at Yale. - Governor Hill
signing the five gallon liquor bill.
ECIrY AND SUBURRAY.-Sharp decline of stocks
in Wall Street - Ex-Alderman Pearson testi-
fed about the connection between Sharp and
Mooney. - A physician murdered in Brook
Ign. - The General Term decided that hotel
keepers could sell liquor to their guests on Sunday
- Commencement exercises of Manhattan Col
lege held. - Brooklyns beaten By the Nets.
- Closing exercises in many schools. - Gold
value of the legal-tender silver dollar 41212
grains)-44 1-16d. per ounce-73.51 cents. -
Stocks active and forced to an important break in
prices; then were dull with partial recoveries,
closing quiet and steady.
THE decentralization for to-day: Fair
slightly warmer Temperature yesterday Highest.
$50 lowest $50: average. 717so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
An UNsE1 WORTHY TORPEDO FLEET

The French naval manGuvrcs this year have
boon unusually instructive An expert has de-
scribed them in Paris Letters to The TRIBUNE
(oue of which may be found on another pagc)
and his conclusions will attract much attention
from American naval engineers. The torpedo
iiotlia was subjected to series of practical
tests and was shown to be worthless for pur-
poses of naval warfare on the high seas, IN
these manGuvrcs the torpedo boats proved un-
cNpcctcdly slow and unseaw orthy. Nine out Of
sixteen boats were seriously damaged during .
short cruise under stress of weather, and even
the best of them were unable to overhaul
squadron that was under orders not to steam
moro than ten miles an hour Tho manDuyTcs
have convinced the naval authorities that the
torpedo notilla which had been considered tho
most effective one in Europe is useless except
for harbor defence
The French engineers have made the mistake
Of sacrificing everything to speed, and now when
they send out their torpedo fleet into rough
water they find that the craft have been too
lightly built for actual cruising Whatever may
have been their records over measured mile
Of smooth water under favorable conditions.
they are too slow on the high seas to overtake
q modern fleet. Their designers in sacrificing
everything for speed have made them unstable
and nseaworthy. The French torpodo-boats
now in service will be reserved hereafter for
harbor defence, and larger and stronger craft
will be modelled for aggressive naval warfare.
IL would be interesting TO learn whether the
moro ambitions torpcdo-boa recently built for
Italy, Great Britain and China are really SUI
peror to the fleet of miscaculatcd failures now
repairing at Toulon. Some of them are said to
have a speed Of twenty three and even twenty
five knots, and they are larger and stronger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
Amnscments.

~ ron OprR, HoUsE-2 and 6:l5-Caprico
CAaNo-2 and s--Ermine
DocKsrApERs-2 and ga Pair OF KIDS
FpxS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lajos.
Grand OPERA HOUSE, aad s-Hazcl Kirk
rycr,ru T,IsATRE-2 and s30-The Highest Bidder.
MADISON SQUARE THEArRE-2 and s:30-Prlnce Karl
MADISON AVE- AND 59TH Day and Evening
mac and Monitor Panorama
NrgIo's ARDES-2 and s-Travers House
Polo GROrsDs-Ba seball
TERRACE GARDRS-S-Zimaier.
WAILAcKs-2 and S-Jacqnette.
72s and $50 BROADwAY-0ld London street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
RECOGNIZING THE coNFgDERAoY AT LAST
Fyom The Washtnsto.. national grieuns

This DETER OF 0eveland'sl is the frst official In.
timation mado by any one that there was ever suen
thing as the "Confeicrate States'-iet alone thae
they are still I'm existence. Mr. Lincoln any of his
reat Cabinet would have a thousand times rather
cut their hands OF than write such q sentence. They
spoke constantly OF the I. SO called southern Conicd
eraoy," but to have officially termed them tho CON
OF the vital principle Of the rebellion u concession
Of the nationality of the confederacy an admssJa
have given France and England the opportunity they
yeaned for to recognize tho Confedefacy 40 one OF
tho nations OF the earth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
MIR BLAINE AND THE MuGwu,p PRESS.
From The Rochester Post Express

Where Blaine Is concerned the Mugwump press has
no moral sense and the right or wrong OF every aSs
shifts ~ he docs IL omits to do It, Their attitude
to him Il like that OF tho topper TO his wife II my
vito Is sttln' up when 60 homo, III lick her roy
burning candoiight, II she isn't sittin' up III nek
her for showing dsrospect to me by going 10 bed -
III lick her anyway |"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
WHO "DOwNED' HIM1

Fidelity National Bank OF Cincinnati, say be -
adowned,o but that he can't be kept down. and VIII
bo IA high "a ever In soven years from now. From
this distance IL looks IA though about that many
wears in the pententiary is tho kind Of "downing'
Mr. Harper most needs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

Persons Tearing torn tor the season, and sum
msr travellers, can hare The DAILY TRIBUNE
mailed to them. postpaid. for rs centsper month,
the address being changed as often as desired.
THE DAILY TRIBUNE WiN be sent to any address
in Europe at 81 35 per month, achich includes
the ocean postage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

the amount Of humidity in the air. temperature
OF 500 with Very damp air is more oppressive than
900 with dry atmosphere Paradoxical as ID
seems it Is water not fire that makes the present
weather so hard to bear.
1t Is not stated upon what grounds the Rev. j. IL
Barrett, Of Allegheny City, denounces athletic
sports, but the natural explanation Of his maniac
utterances is that he does not know what he is
talking about. 10 oil who understand the subject
the moral benefits Of athletic sports, when pursued
in moderation, are as apparent as the physical
advantages derived from them. But 1t is alto
gether too late in the day for any individual to
lit up his voice against what has long since become
o national movement.
Kelly the Great viii undoubtedly go down to
history as conspicuous example of man who
had fame and fortune thrust upon him. That
baseball player is fairly covered with honor in his
own city was indisputably proved in
Chicago yesterday, tie $4,000 prize
secured to Boston being the recipient
OF what the average Chicago reporter can hardly
describe by milder phrase than an enthusiastic
ovation lie was indeed the observed Of all
observers. So cordial and overwhelming was the
welcome bestowed upon him that he "braced him.
sell against the wall to receive the friendly attack
Truly 1t was great day for Chicago-and for
Kelly and Boston. The country can now breathe
freely. History records no instance Of q nation
going to decay that could boast OF $40, 900 ball
player who had to brace up against q wall TO save
himself from his friends.
We hear good deal in sundry newspapers in
regard TO the decadence of New England and vet
there is not one OF them can point to any baseball
club which is moro strongly entrenched in the
public confidence than BoSton's. Besides, what is
the matter with the Providence nine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

A number of leading Democrats have been in
Washington lately, but there does not appear
to be any truth in the report that they came
together to confer about an extra session, the
surplus, the tariff and otherlike matters. Some Of
the Senators:and:R epresentative are at the Ma
tional Capital on legitimate business and others
are looking after patronage. The idea that
they could take any authoritative action is pro-
nounced ridiculous. Anyway, isn't it pretty
hot weather for conference on such heavy
subjects
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
THE NAVY OF TIE FUTURE. ,

Washington Letter to The San Miguel (Col) Journal
IL ia said that Secretary Whitney Ia evolving out u
the depths Of his profound mind plans Tor new
cruisers that VIII combine tho strength of the wash
tub with the elegant lghness OF tho clothes basket:
that in case Of war we can cope with "perldious
AlbiOnn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
THE SAME OLD CRY IN ANOTHER QUARTER
From The Denver RepublicaN.

The people ut points in Southeastern COLORADO. ~
tho Santa Fo road declare that reform Is Necessary
in the railway mail service It appears either tnds
somo of the messongers are noompeteqt Or pegIecuy
or that there d not sunuclent NUMBER " 49,
handle the mall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

THE NAME OF TEMPERANCE MAN" ABUSED
From The ST. Louis Globe Democrat
The notion that every who favors Temperance
reform Ia n Prohibitionist and fanatic has no otnet
basis than that OF prejudice and Imagination Thero
are tens OF thousands OF men IN this country VIZ
vote Tor prohibition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25


Seventy -One members of the police force
were retired yesterday because they were past
sixty years of age. They included George w.
Dilks, who has been an inspector since 1860 !;
four captains ten sergeants and large num-
Der of patrolmen and others. Some of them
perhaps many of them-are still capable OF
doing as good work as ever. Ought not the
Police Commissioners to be able to exercise
discretion in these cases Many men do not
lose their efficiency at three score hence a
mandatory law of this kind is scarcely the
highest wisdom.
There is some uncertainty as to the precise
cause of the assassination of a well-knOwn
physician in Brooklyn yesterday, but there is
scarcely room for doubt that it was cold
blooded murder. The murderer had been
drinking. which of course furnishes no excuse
for his crime. The facts, so far as developed.
indicate q clear case of deliberatioa. When an
armed man lies in wait for another and shoots
him down in broad daylight, can there be
clearer proof that the murder was premedi-
tatedf Unless an entirely new light can be
put ON this affair, conviction for murder In
the first degree seems inevitable.
both shoulders Having in the last few months
vetoed four temperance measures-two of them
of the greatest importance-he has now thrown
q sop to the advocates Of temperance by APP
proving the bill which forbids the sale of liquor
in hve-gallon or larger quantities in cities,
towns or villages where no retail licenses are
granted This law simply carries out the prin-
ciple of local option and deserves place on
the statute books. The Governor makes q
labored explanation OF his reasons for signing
It and lectures the promoters of the Crosby and
Vedder bills because of the lack of fairness,
equity and uniformity in those measures. He
oven informs the temperance people that under
certain conditions "there might have been
something accomplished in behalf OF temper
Ance." This instruction was not called for.
Mr.. Hill has shown himself too firm an ally Of
~ liquor. dealers for the friends of TEMPER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

The Boston journal of Education" quotes M
DE Baggs, a Chicago Sunday school teacher III
rcmarlsng to his scholars
You. yourselves, when you grow Older IN years ana
ox,er,cnco viii learn how true the lines of Shake
spearo are:
aThe mills OF tho gods grind slowly,
But they get there just tho same"
II must have been near blood relation OF DE
Bags who concluded an address:
Fortltudo fortndc my hearers, Is one OF INC great
at ~ the virtues YOu cannot cultivate IL TOO as
slduously. Remember Longfellow's lines,
"Know how sublime thing 1t ID
TO grin and bear H."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

Why should il take so much muscle to raise n
car window ? Half dozen men in the prime OF u
vigorous manhood took turns yesterday morning
in cndenvoring to induce one OF the windows Oh
an elevated railway car TO ascend. lt was evident
that each OF the six put forth all his strength DuI
not one Of them could bulge it. When uic man
who is 10 invent a heating apparatus to superScde
stoves Tor car heating finishes that task. he might
see il he could not invent a car WINDOW rather
less obstinate than those now in use.
Achmed Ben Amar. the Algerian lion slayer, has
killed over 200 OF the kings Of beasts. WHAT
chairman he would make for the Committee on
Contested seats in an earnest Democratic State
Convention
If the Grand Army Veterans don't keep quiet
there will be trouble Henry Wattcrson, who
wanted to take I0O,) 300 to WASHINGTON to seat
TJlden is getting walked up. Addressing the veter-
ans of the South he says:
c,oss the line boys II they want this sort OF n
aah, lot US give them their belly full OF H. COD
viii bless the lcgions of love- and damn the ies'3 t
country. but wo arc not responsible for 1t, and
Heaven will witness That We are gultless of Its
Now don't IL is really too dreadful to talk in
That way And so near the Fourth. too.
Governor Hin is reported MS remarlSiny that his
fay orite way OF spending IA summer evening Is TO
lean back in his chair on the piazza OF the Execu-
tive Mansion and reflect Well, he may enjoy him.
self this summer leaning back in his chair, but he
would do well to steer clear of rejecting il he does
not want to find life burden. For it will be im-
possible for him to reflect without having the
conviction borne in upon him with the force OF
steam Iilc driver that his veto Of the Vedder BILL
in the subselvency TO the rum power which 1T
implied was bad blunder. Lean, Governor, but
IL you want TO get through the warm weather
comfortably don't reflect. y. 5. Perhaps reflect
is q typographical error for repent.
To INQUIRER: 1t Is understood that Mr.. lamont
came over from Washington to see il he could find
some medicine that would cure President whose
constitution had been shattered by Southern ex-
posture.
People who trust TO the thermometer FOR knowing
how warm it is in the kind Of weather we have
been having lately are certain to be deceived. The
mercury affords no indication of the degree oil I'M
p,easantnesa prevailing, for 1t does not register
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

It Is only too sadly evident, from Tho Albany
Timcs'sT DEM latest uttcrance, that it has reached
the conclusion that MS APPLY said Of another
Mr. Cleveland has blown out the gas and gone TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

People who trust to the thermometer for knowing
how warm it is in the kind Of weather we have
been having lately are certain to be deceived. The
mercury affords no indication of the degree oil UNI
pleasantness prevailing, Tor 1t does not register
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
Nesp21ork DAILY Gribnate
FOUNDED By HORACE GREELEY.
SATURDAY. JUNE 25. 1887.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Lord Harrington on Home Rule
f. The Genesta nearly two days ahead
In the Jubilee yacht race. - Signor
Del Puentes escape from Colonel Maple
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

To Inquirer: 1t Is understood that Mr.. Lamont
came over from Washington to see il he could find
some medicine that would cure O President whose
constitution had been shattered by Southern ex-
posture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

days of grace. - Monkeys doing the work of
men in Brazil. - A new disease as deadly as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

- Senanus wins the Sudbury Stakes -
Political and social affairs in Mexico. 8 Insan'
ity of Baron de Seilliere. - The Popes Com.
missioners to Ireland. - DR.. McGlynn's last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25

DOMEsTIc.-Bishop Ryan and DR.. McGlynn
critcising each other in Buffalo Dr.. McGlynn re-
iterating his censure of the Papacy - Class
Iazz IIarua.d ho faiirra o. Grr Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
Junrr 10 Advertisements
Busllless Notltes.

DIR. Dcecke. State Pathologist and Chemist.
Fe Tooth Brush Is much to be preferred even
20 The finest and softsst brste brush Horsey Mtg Co.,
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-20
Mortality Among Congressman.

The mortality in the present congress
alone, without counting others in prom
inent positions, has been frightfuL Sen
ator Logan makes the thirteenth member
Of the whole body and the third senator to
die within year Members Of the house
are beginning to get a little frightened
about the unSanitary condition of the
beautiful chamber in which they sit,
which late report has emphasized. As
the case was in the good old days, when
architects built Greek temples for work
shops without taking into consideration
that the climate Of modern America and
ancient Greece were about as unlike as
could be ina gined, the Capitol was planned
solely with a view to looks The accous-
tics are bad, except in the supreme court
room. and as for the cir in the house it is
something fearful. 1t was supposed that
large fans, pumping thousands Of cubic
feet Of cir in the hall would purify it. but
the air Is drawn from below and merely
brings up all the damp and mold and
sepulchral atmosphere of the crypt, where
coal ard wood and ashes and millions Of
pounds Of old paper are stored. The blame
for this state Of affairs cannot be laid on
the present architect, who has palliated as
far as possible all that can be palliated il
a radically wrong system. The building
had to be lighted, heated and ventilated
without the slightest real provision being
made for any in the original plan.-New
York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-20
Is LIFE WORTH livINGi

'Is Life worth living in these pallid days,
When all the earth is pulseless thirsting golde
Why are We shrunken from that height Of old,
When men would die for glory s twining baysf"
So sang maiden with trumpet eye
And lip that pealed poem with each word.
What life is this We live and die unheard
Beneath a silent and too sunny sky
Were 1t not better 70 have lived in Greece,
And heard DeInosthenes strike Philip down
With words that scared the l1stre OF his crown,
And wrote red war across the brow OF peace:"
We're 1t not better to have lived in Rome
When Caesar, with Unsuitable blade,
Carved out path through every hil and glade,
Until be made the frightened world his homer
Were it not better TO have lived and died
Before men fell upon such idle days;
Before the world had learned such coward way5e
Is life worth living now:'' she sadly cried
Truly cannot tell thee that, my sweet
I said; but here's an answer meet for thee
Life then or now were worth the world 70 me,
If but lived it lying at thy feet"
w J. Henderson
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-20

LOB rRADK-I wish % srSss soae vefy aessrAAaD
II Witcnisa residence property. located Ia the DOe
Fashionable pAFs Of IN CITY. motor line bs1ng
butt IN mont OF TIE door VIII take In excaAa90 .
land - pan pay. :. z Ksa~o<xay. - Doagtes ave.
E>OR rRApE-vschssa city properly for weus4a
- kAnaae lands. Address 1cGrashy And Vs.
oarys sign WorkA LIB Main So wichita. KaA-
E>oR rRAOE-A block Of 3ssory sroou nrsun
heuse in the bess rsSsdense part Of TIE e1sy "a -
Louis houses are cs~ and wed "a .aAsa made -
Out win fences. oushous<A etc AL eompsexer -
and water and all other a the ina<os irnproesmenn
Of = CITY; AL rsnset % p.rmAasas ssaanss- raas =
ayAluabie psece Of property VIII trsie for god
improved and wasn't property In Any god scunsy
scsf town IA kAn&aa Cal FOG pArtfcaaars A j.
Edsevorth & Co. ~ AAia 81 f9a
TNoa rRADE-Is asr~~ OF land n>a- Ksnxman m
IT city property. lots the main business sfrUs1
Ia . town the ; K BY for q team o. horDsn, Or
boa and buggy o. carriage small stock Of etxnrD
for ioS. business house GA l>Aset xrogad FOR Ioes
also. other properly ID sxcAacxa Cali ca rosA q
INoR TRADE-A handsome restaeacs property 3
II minusaes ride fron CaScA<o IN . frsfeiaas ioan-
tien. woa.d ex ,hssxs for xscaitA property. Rone.
LNoR rRADE-vs have On our lss some Of L.
II eaest farms and stock ranches IN asrp-r, BsrhR
AMI ktnsnaa couatt-sL wnicA viii trafe fer
Wichita property. Win sr.s.e splendid rarca> a
hss acres In Harper and Slr<r7Aa osansses for .
stock OF clothing Sscss aat sacSs A aa-nesr hAR
section il ktrglan Ga. miles frern ratfreAf stn
aon- for sale cheap. VIII trsse far eooi Aor~u o.
come and see "a IRWIN RaAl Esaass Inv~tD~ne
CO, cor Douglas and NarkeI I'D